Car construction.



No. 852.042. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

W. G. THUMMEL. GAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-29. 1906.

WILLIAM G. TIIUWMEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CAR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application tiled October 29, 1906. Serial No 341,163.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM G. 'llnnrmnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Car Construction, ofwhich the following is a full,clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich the figure is a side elevation of a car embodying the features ofmy invention.

This invention relates to cars, and particularly to passenger cars ofthat type in which the motor or mechanism for propelling the car'ismounted in or carried by the car.

The object of my invention is to provide a passenger car which isconstructed to lessen the aerial resistance and increase the traction ofadhesion, thereby enabling the car to attain a high rate of speedwithout liability oi jumping the track upon which it travels. To thisend, I provide the car with an inclined front end A which is flat andextends rearverse center of the car and the end sill where l l l i 1 iit merges into the roof B. Said end rises gradually from the end sill sothat at the point where it merges into the root the inside height of thefront end is approximately the same as the inside clearance of theordinary car. The root B is also llat and inclined upwardly and rearwardly from its junction with the front end A.

In the portion oi the war under the inclined front end A I locate themotor or propelling mechanism so that the major portion oi the car canbe utilized for carrying passengers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,

A passenger car having a Hat front end A which rises gradually from theend sill and merges into the root B intermediate the transverse center01'' the ea and the front end sill, said root being llat and risinggradually from its junction with the front end; substantially asdescribed.

IV. G. THUMMEL. l/Vitnesses:

CHARLES M. LANE, J. LANDAUER.

